HiSilicon Kirin 925 vs AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX

Last updated: 2023-05-08

CPU comparison with benchmarks


HiSilicon Kirin 925		AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX
CPU comparison HiSilicon Kirin 925 or AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX - which processor is faster? In this comparison we look at the differences and analyze which of these two CPUs is better. We compare the technical data and benchmark results. The HiSilicon Kirin 925 has 8 cores with 8 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 1.80 GHz. Up to GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The HiSilicon Kirin 925 was released in Q3/2014. The AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX has 32 cores with 64 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 4.20 GHz. The CPU supports up to GB of memory in 4 memory channels. The AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX was released in Q3/2018.

HiSilicon Kirin (29)	Family	AMD Ryzen Threadripper (13)
HiSilicon Kirin 920 (3)	CPU group	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2000 (4)
2	Generation	2
Cortex-A15 / Cortex-A7	Architecture	Colfax (Zen+)
Mobile	Segment	Desktop / Server
--	Predecessor	--
--	Successor	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990X

CPU Cores and Base Frequency The HiSilicon Kirin 925 is a 8 core processor with a clock frequency of 1.80 GHz. The AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX has 32 CPU cores with a clock frequency of 3.00 GHz (4.20 GHz).
HiSilicon Kirin 925	Characteristic	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX
8	Cores	32
8	Threads	64
hybrid (big.LITTLE)	Core architecture	normal
No	Hyperthreading	Yes
No	Overclocking ?	Yes
1.80 GHz 4x Cortex-A15	A-Core	3.00 GHz (4.20 GHz)
1.30 GHz 4x Cortex-A7	B-Core	--
Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Processors with the support of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors. Algorithms for ML improve their performance the more data they have collected via software. ML tasks can be processed up to 10,000 times faster than with a classic processor.
HiSilicon Kirin 925	Characteristic	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX
--	AI hardware	--
--	AI specifications	--

Internal Graphics The integrated graphics unit of a processor is not only responsible for the pure image output on the system, but can also significantly increase the efficiency of the system with the support of modern video codecs.
ARM Mali-T628 MP4	GPU	no iGPU
0.60 GHz	GPU frequency	--
0.60 GHz	GPU (Turbo)	--
Midgard 2	GPU Generation	--
32nm	Technology
1	Max. displays
4	Compute units	--
64	Shader	--
No	Hardware Raytracing	No
No	Frame Generation	No
--	Max. GPU Memory	--
11	DirectX Version	--

Hardware codec support A photo or video codec that is accelerated in hardware can greatly accelerate the working speed of a processor and extend the battery life of notebooks or smartphones when playing videos.
ARM Mali-T628 MP4	GPU	no iGPU
No	Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit)	No
No	Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit)	No
Decode / Encode	Codec h264	No
No	Codec VP9	No
Decode / Encode	Codec VP8	No
No	Codec AV1	No
No	Codec AVC	No
No	Codec VC-1	No
No	Codec JPEG	No

Memory & PCIe The HiSilicon Kirin 925 supports a maximum of GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX can connect up to GB of memory in 4 memory channels.
HiSilicon Kirin 925	Characteristic	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX
LPDDR3-1600	Memory	DDR4-2933
	Max. Memory
2 (Dual Channel)	Memory channels	4 (Quad Channel)
--	Max. Bandwidth	93.8 GB/s
No	ECC	Yes
--	L2 Cache	16.00 MB
--	L3 Cache	64.00 MB
--	PCIe version	3.0
--	PCIe lanes	64
--	PCIe Bandwidth	63.0 GB/s
Thermal Management The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of a processor specifies the required cooling solution. The HiSilicon Kirin 925 has a TDP of --, that of the AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX is 250 W.
HiSilicon Kirin 925	Characteristic	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX
--	TDP (PL1 / PBP)	250 W
--	TDP (PL2)	--
--	TDP up	--
--	TDP down	--
--	Tjunction max.	--
Technical details The HiSilicon Kirin 925 has a 0.00 MB cache, while the AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX cache has a total of 80.00 MB.
HiSilicon Kirin 925	Characteristic	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX
28 nm	Technology	12 nm
Chiplet	Chip design	Chiplet
Armv7-A (32 bit)	Instruction set (ISA)	x86-64 (64 bit)
--	ISA extensions	SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3
--	Socket	TR4 (SP3r2)
None	Virtualization	AMD-V, SVM
No	AES-NI	Yes
Android	Operating systems	Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux
Q3/2014	Release date	Q3/2018
--	Release price	1799 $

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Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	HiSilicon Kirin 925 8C 8T @ 1.80 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX 32C 64T @ 4.20 GHz	1103 (100%)

Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	HiSilicon Kirin 925 8C 8T @ 1.80 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX 32C 64T @ 3.00 GHz	33213 (100%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	HiSilicon Kirin 925 8C 8T @ 1.80 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX 32C 64T @ 4.20 GHz	1020 (100%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	HiSilicon Kirin 925 8C 8T @ 1.80 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX 32C 64T @ 3.00 GHz	17204 (100%)

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The single-core benchmark only evaluates the performance of the fastest CPU core, the number of CPU cores in a processor is irrelevant here.


	HiSilicon Kirin 925 8C 8T @ 1.80 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX 32C 64T @ 4.20 GHz	1193 (100%)

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The multi-core benchmark evaluates the performance of all of the processor's CPU cores. Virtual thread improvements such as AMD SMT or Intel's Hyper-Threading have a positive impact on the benchmark result.


	HiSilicon Kirin 925 8C 8T @ 1.80 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX 32C 64T @ 3.00 GHz	10282 (100%)

Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	HiSilicon Kirin 925 8C 8T @ 1.80 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX 32C 64T @ 4.20 GHz	398 (100%)

Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	HiSilicon Kirin 925 8C 8T @ 1.80 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX 32C 64T @ 3.00 GHz	11463 (100%)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

The theoretical computing performance of the internal graphics unit of the processor with simple accuracy (32 bit) in GFLOPS. GFLOPS indicates how many billion floating point operations the iGPU can perform per second.


	HiSilicon Kirin 925 ARM Mali-T628 MP4 @ 0.60 GHz	77 (100%)
	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX @ 0.00 GHz	0 (0%)

Blender 3.1 Benchmark

In the Blender Benchmark 3.1, the scenes "monster", "junkshop" and "classroom" are rendered and the time required by the system is measured. In our benchmark we test the CPU and not the graphics card. Blender 3.1 was presented as a standalone version in March 2022.


	HiSilicon Kirin 925 8C 8T @ 1.80 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX 32C 64T @ 3.00 GHz	479 (100%)

Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

Some of the CPUs listed below have been benchmarked by CPU-monkey. However the majority of CPUs have not been tested and the results have been estimated by a CPU-monkey’s secret proprietary formula. As such they do not accurately reflect the actual Passmark CPU mark values and are not endorsed by PassMark Software Pty Ltd.


	HiSilicon Kirin 925 8C 8T @ 1.80 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX 32C 64T @ 3.00 GHz	32132 (100%)

Blender 2.81 (bmw27)

Blender is a free 3D graphics software for rendering (creating) 3D bodies, which can also be textured and animated in the software. The Blender benchmark creates predefined scenes and measures the time (s) required for the entire scene. The shorter the time required, the better. We selected bmw27 as the benchmark scene.


	HiSilicon Kirin 925 8C 8T @ 1.80 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX 32C 64T @ 3.00 GHz	67.7 (100%)

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Multi-Core)

The CPU-Z benchmark measures a processor's performance by measuring the time it takes the system to complete all benchmark calculations. The faster the benchmark is completed, the higher the score.


	HiSilicon Kirin 925 8C 8T @ 1.80 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX 32C 64T @ 3.00 GHz	15823 (100%)

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	HiSilicon Kirin 925 8C 8T @ 1.80 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX 32C 64T @ 4.20 GHz	174 (100%)

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	HiSilicon Kirin 925 8C 8T @ 1.80 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX 32C 64T @ 3.00 GHz	5189 (100%)

Devices using this processor
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